PRINCELING

princeling

(noun) a young prince

princeling

(noun) a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

princeling (plural princelings)

A minor or unimportant prince.

(derogatory) A descendant of some prominent and influential senior communist official in the People's Republic of China.

Source: Wiktionary


Prince"ling, n.

Definition: A petty prince; a young prince.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CONVULSIVE

(adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; ā€œconvulsive motionsā€; ā€œhis body made a spasmodic jerkā€; ā€œspastic movementsā€


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